Kuwait Times

Published Date: October 04, 2008

KUWAIT: MP Hassan Jawhar is to submit the details of his proposed interpellation of Education Minister Nouriya Al-Sabeeh to his parliamentary colleagues after the Eif Al-Fitr holiday, despite requests from some that he suspend the grilling motion. Jawhar said that he will submit the items of the grilling motion to all his fellow MPs, explaining in detail what violations the minister has perpetrated, reported Al Watan. He added that he will spend time talking with his parliamentary colleagues about the iss
ue, as he needs the support of a certain number of MPs to have the necessary authority for the grilling proposal to proceed. He said that grilling the minister would help support reform and tackle problems in the Ministry of Education.

Telecom firms' transactions
KUWAIT: Ahmadi and Mubarak Al-Kabeer Municipality has suspended all national telecom firm transactions until the companies demolish all their illegal structures built on state land in the area, specifically phone masts. Deputy General Manager Faisal Al-Jumma announced the municipality's new policy on Thursday, revealing that Ahmadi municipality officers have already counted 150 phone masts which violate building regulations. He warned that if the telecom companies do not remove the structures, the municipa
lity will demolish them and issue legal penalties against the firms in question, reported Al Qabas.

Scrapyard clampdown
KUWAIT: Following a recent steep increase in car thefts, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) General Manager Major General Abdulhamid Al-Awadhi has issued orders to CID departments throughout the country to impose stricter surveillance and monitoring of local scrapyards, especially those in Jahra and Farwaniya. With 23 car thefts reported in Jahra and Farwaniya in the last week alone, a team has already been formed to coordinate with local scrapyards, ensuring that they match the information about sto
len vehicles with all those they receive, reported Al Rai. The Interior Ministry and CID are expected to implement far more stringent measures against those scrap yards which receive stolen cars, including closing them down and referring the owners for prosecution. Detectives will also be running checks on businesses which dismantle and crush cars, especially since the owners have to obtain official licensing for this work from the General Traffic Department before they are allowed to do it.